Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress her Department has made on creating a free school in Portsmouth for children with special educational needs and disabilities.

The Wymering School in Portsmouth is due to open to pupils on 17 April 2023. This new special school will provide 66 places for pupils between 9 and 16 with social communication and interaction difficulties, associated speech, language and communication needs (neurodiverse profile) and high levels of anxiety and/or associated distressed behaviour.